Mumbai/New Delhi: Domestic carrier IndiGo cancelled over 800 flights on Saturday, the fifth day of the ongoing crisis, even as the government imposed a cap on airfares and directed the airline to process all refunds by Sunday evening. The airline’s on-time performance from six metro airports plunged to 3.7 per cent on Friday, as per…
Deoghar (Jharkhand): BJP President J P Nadda on Saturday claimed that the party has never compromised on its ideology. Addressing party workers at Deoghar, he exhorted them to work hard to make the lotus bloom in Jharkhand. “All parties have become dynastic, but the BJP is untouched by it. Even among dynastic politics, there are…
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday took exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comments in Ayodhya that centuries-old wounds were healing. He said the Supreme Court in its judgment had said there is no evidence that the Babri mosque was erected after demolishing any temple. “Prime Minister said wounds of 500 years are…
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway on Saturday announced that it would run four special trains to manage the surge in passengers resulting from the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights here. The move comes as flyers face significant disruption and long queues at the airport due to the cancellation. A press release from the SCR said…
Kolkata: Legislator Humayun Kabir’s plan to lay the foundation for a ‘Babri Masjid-style’ mosque in Murshidabad on Saturday sparked a political slugfest in West Bengal, with the BJP accusing the Trinamool Congress, which has suspended the MLA, of polarising the people, and the ruling party in the state dismissing the charge as baseless. Senior BJP…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered tributes to Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of India’s Constitution, on his death anniversary. “Remembering Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas. His visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to justice, equality and constitutionalism continue to guide our national journey,” Modi said in a post on X. The prime minister…
New Delhi: Russia agreed to encourage joint manufacturing in India of military hardware and spare parts for the maintenance of Russian-origin arms and defence equipment. Ways to bolster overall bilateral defence cooperation figured prominently during summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. It has been a long-standing grievance…
New Delhi: From a long-life seawater battery system for sustained underwater sensing and surveillance applications to a waterjet propulsion system for fast interceptor craft, the DRDO has handed over seven technologies to the armed forces, the government said. These technologies have been developed under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme, the defence ministry said on…
New Delhi: The partnership between India and Russia is guided by a shared commitment to peace, stability and mutual socio-economic and technological advancement, President Droupadi Murmu said on Friday. Murmu was speaking at a banquet hosted for visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Welcoming President Putin and his delegation, she said…
New Delhi: The inaugural ceremony of the upcoming key meeting of UNESCO on safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage will take place at the Red Fort here on December 7 and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will attend the event as a chief guest, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Friday. He was interacting with…
